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do!” Ronnie Cheseboro shouts, then high-fives his brother.
    “Not exactly,” Kevin says, “but I’ll start us off with a simple demonstration.” He lays a towel across his desk, sets down a two-liter bottle of soda, and opens the top. He puts a plastic funnel into it, then holds up a handful of small, round white things. “These are simple mint candies. I’m going to put them in the soda all at once through the funnel, and watch what happens when these two types of matter meet.”
    I’m no scientific genius but I’m one step ahead of Kevin. When you mix soda and mints, I bet there’s
a reaction, an attraction, put them together and there’s plenty of action!
    Kevin drops the mints into the soda, and WHOOSH! There’s a reaction all right. Foamy soda sprays up and out of the bottle, making a big mess on Kevin’s desk and even spilling onto the floor. Some of the kids in the front row are afraid of being hit, so they run from their desks. It’s awesome!
    I’ve decided I like chemistry. Not only does Ryder Landry find it interesting enough to write about, it also makes a mess in the classroom. Now I’m hoping my first chemistry experiment with Madison—our love potion—will work just as well!
    I’ve figured out the perfect time to make it happen: at the Immersive Interactive Art Installation, which is Friday—only three nights away. That means a
poción fantástico
has to be made…and soon.
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    I convince Dad that Madison and I need a “study afternoon” to help each other finish our projects. I’ve been very secretive about my storyboards, so he doesn’t know I’m already finished—ahead of schedule! The only thing I need to do is pick the best one to display. It’s important to choose wisely because it’s not only for the school; it’ll also be seen by Hollywood producers, like Madison’s dad. Maybe he’ll be so impressed that he’ll hire me to work on his next outer space blockbuster. Then I’ll get Ryder Landry to do a song for it and I’ll make Lisa Lee and Kylie Mae pay hundreds of dollars to go to the premiere!
    I know it’s a crazy fantasy, but considering I’m about to concoct a love potion to make my boy-who’s-a-friend (not boyfriend) fall in love with my former best friend, why not keep an open mind?
    Madison comes home with me and Dad after school, and on the ride I convince Dad to go out to his favorite coffeehouse. That will take much longer than a jog around the lake with Toby. As a treat I tell Dad I’ll make dinner. I figure if we’re going to be working on the stove anyway, I could heat up some soup too.
    “Okay, I’ll be gone about an hour,” he says, putting his green messenger bag over his shoulder. “Actually, maybe an hour and a half. I think I’ll take my bike instead of driving.”
    “That sounds great, Dad!” I tell him. “Take all the time you want.”
    He says goodbye, but I don’t even see him leave because Madison and I are already running down the hall to my bedroom.
    POCIÓNES FANTÁSTICOS
is a strange-looking book that Dad would definitely notice in my room, so I hid it in the same dusty place I once hid my voodoo doll—under my bed. I shimmy underneath to get it, and when I slide back out and turn around, I’m face to face with a big, bright orange…human head!
    Okay, it’s not a head exactly, but it’s
shaped
like a head. Sort of. The top is smooth and round like an egg, but there’s a small point in the middle—a nose, I suppose—and something that kind of looks like a chin at the bottom.
    This must be the latest version of Ryder Landry!
    Of course, Madison couldn’t capture Ryder’s smooth, flawless skin, since she’s used ripped-up pieces of paper and that pasty goop, but she painted his newspaper “skin” a color that looks like he’s been in a tanning bed too long. His eyes are bright blue, but his eyelashes are big and thick and girly. Madison must have borrowed some fake ones from her mom.
    “Do you like it?” she